Cooling device for journal-boxes.



1. n. GREEN. COOLING DEVICE FOR JOURNAL BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18. 1915.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

UNITED STATES PATENT. @FFIGE.

JOHN D. GREEN; OF BROWNSBUEG, INDIANA.

COOLING DEVICE FOR'JOURNAL-BOXES.

Application filed May 18, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1. JOHN D. GREEN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at overheated, under the excessive weight of" the coal and water carried, and in case of an accommodation or freight train considerable delay occurs by stopping and cooling overheated ournal boxes. In case an overheated journal box occurs on a mail or other fast train. especially if the train is behind its schedule, attempts are made to cool the boxes while the trains are in motion, by throwing water upon the boxes through an ordinary hose. This expedient requires the fireman, or other person giving attention thereto, to get upon the steps leading into the locomotive cab; leaning far out so that the water may be properly directed. Lives have already been sacrificed in putting this expedient into efiect.

The present invention relates to a device for mechanically supplying and directing water into any or all. of the journal boxes of the tender of a railway locomotive; and the object of the invention is to provide means readily accessible from the cab of the engine whereby water can be directed into the overheated journal box, without requiring the fireman to assume unnecessary risks, while the train is in motion.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cooling device for cooling overheated journal boxes underneath the tenders of railway locomotives while in motion, which will be simple in construction and operation.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a parthercof, in wlnch- Figure 1 is a. side elevation of an end of a tender adjacent the locomotive, showing my invention in operative position. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail in cross section on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 .is a cross section, on a conside ably enlarged scale, of one of the three-way valves.

Referring to the drawings, 10 is the body Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

Serial No. 28,906.

of the tender, 11 the truck, and 12 the usual journal box used on thistype of truck.

15 represents the body of one of the threeway valves and 16 the spigot by which means the water may be directed in different directions. The body 15 of the valve communicates with the reservoir containing the water in the body of the tender through a pipe 18, and the valve body 15 is located on the exterior surface of the tender wall on a line passing vertically through the center of the truck and is, therefore, situated a like distance from each journal box on the'truck immediately beneath. The valve body 15 is provided with an outlet opening 19- and two outlet openings 20 and 21, and communicating with these latter openings are the pipes 22 and 23 adapted to carry the water discharged t'rom the valve body-through said openings. The pipes 22 and 23 do not extend entirely to the journal boxes, the space between the ends of the pipes and the journal boxes is transversed by means of the flexible pipes 25, such as rubber hose, one end of which hose receives the adjacent ends of the pipes 22 and 23 and the opposite ends of the flexible pipes pass through the doors 28 of the'journal boxes 12. The purpose of inter-posing the flexible pipes 25 is that the free operation of the journal box doors 2S is not interfered with, allowing the interior of the journal boxes to be inspected and repacked when necessary.

As shown in Fig. 3, the spigot 16 is provided with three openings A, B and C of varying widths and these openings may be brought into registration with the outlet and inlet openings in the valve body 15 so that the water may be discharged from the valve body through each opening at alternate periods of time or may be simultaneously discharged through both of said openings, this depending which one of thejournal boxes on the truck served by said valve has become overheated, or whether both boxes are overheated at the same time, the entire operation depending upon the amount of movement of, rotation imparted to .the said spigot 16.

In order to set 'the apparatus into working order when an overheated journal box is noted. and without endangering the life .ot the person for manning and operating 1t,

it becomes necessary that the work be performed from a point that is readily accessiole without undue exposure, and to this tender body.

25 carried .40 into registration with the end I provide the necessary operating levers and mount them alongside the outer surface of the tender at one side of the passageway leading into the cab between the engine and As each truck is provided with a valve 15 for supplying water thereto, making two valves to each side of the tender body, it becomes necessary to provide the two-operating levers 30 and 31, so that each valve can be operated and controlled independently from the other. The levers 30 and 31 are pivoted at one common center by means of the pivot-bolt 33. A bracket 35 is secured to the side of the tender body and is provided with the upright arms 36 which carry the segmental notched racks 37, and the levers 30 and 31 are provided with the movable latches 40 which normally engage the notches in the segments when they register. Rods 43 connect thelevers and 30 in the body 15 of the valve. Moving the lever to the next notch 51, toward the operator, which position is shown by the lever 31 in Fig. 1, the spigot 16 has been turned to allow water to enter the valve body 15 through the inlet opening 19 in said body;

opening A in the spigot and out through the opening B in the spigot and opening 20 in the valve body. Moving the lever 30 to notch 52 brings opening C in the spigot outlet opening 21 in the valve body, openings A and B in the spigot being of sufiicient width not to interrupt the flow of water through the openings 19 and 20 in the valve body so thatwater is then discharged'through both openings 20 and 21 and thus serve both boxes on the truck beneath. Moving the lever 30 to the last notch 53 in the segment the spigot 16 is moved suiiici'ently so as to close the discharge opening 20, allowing water to merely flow through the discharge opening 21. By means of the above construction and arrangement of parts, water may be directed to the front or rear journal- 55 box of a truck inan alternate manner, or

the water maybe simultaneously directed into both journal boxes of the truck, and by Copies of this patent may be obtained for be supplied with water.

body is equipped means of the levers 30 and 31 all of the journal boxes on one side of the tender may It will be understood that the above description relates to the equipment necessary on one side of and that the opposite side of the tender with a similar device, to take care of the journal boxes on that side of the trucks.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is .7

1. A device for delivering water to journal-boxes of the trucks of railway cars, comprising a water supply source, a distrib uting valve through which the water passes toward the journal-boxes, means for conducting the water from the distributing valve to the journal-boxes, and valve operating means accessibly located when the cars are in motion for actuating said distributing valve for controlling the direction of travel and distribution of the water between the source of supply and points of application.

2. A device for delivering water to journal-boXes of the trucks of railway cars, comprising a water supply source, a distributing valve comprising a spigot and valve casing each provided with an inlet and a plurality of outlet openings through which the water passes toward the journal-boxes, means for conducting the water from the distributing valve to the journal-boxes, valve operating means accessibly located for the operator for actuating the distributing valve for controlling the distribution of water to the journal-boxes, and means for securing the valve operating means when the latter is moved into certain predetermined positions.

3. A. device for delivering water to journal-boxes of trucks of railway cars, comthe tender of a locomotiveprising a water supply source. means for conducting the Water from said source to each of the journal-boxes, and means-for controlling the distribution of water from the source of supply to the journal-boxes.

In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this first day of May, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

- JOHN D. GREEN. [Ls] Witnesses:

F. W. VV ERNER, L. B. VV'OERNER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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